2025 Best Political Science Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
2Colleges in Illinois
33Doctor's Degrees
Ranked #42 in popularity, political science is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for political science students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 33 doctor's degrees in political science to qualified students.
Gain a solid understanding of American political history, the current political landscape, and the major political parties with this online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on political science students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other political science students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized political science related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for political science students working on their doctor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Political Science Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Gain a solid understanding of American political history, the current political landscape, and the major political parties with this online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team
